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Old 04-05-2016, 09:18 PM   #12
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Re: 1951 Chevy / C4

99 to Life, Thank you. Started with a retanglular piece of sheet metal, ran it through my slip roller to get the curve. Then cut 2" wide slits 2" from the bottom. Bent it by hand to get a 4" radius with the slits over lapping. Then clamped the 2 end ones together and marked the over lapping ones with a sharpie. Flattened it out a little to cut the over lapping areas. Then tacked it together at the top. Then put it in my air planishing hammer to get rid of the flat spots. I then welded up the fingers, ground them off on both sides and air planished it again. I grind on both side because I don't want to ruin my dies. I even do it when I hammer and dolly everything too. I should have taken pictures when I did it. Hopefully that helps.

Advanced Design, Thank you.

Reaper71, Thank you Mark

Oldman3, Thank you Jim

84blaze, Thank you, I started this a while ago and stopped to do another build for the same guy, so now I am back at it again. I follow you on Instagram, I am @shannonpanel

ChuckDriver, Thank you

Shannon
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